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The Lubbock-Cooper ISD board of trustees unanimously requested Lubbock County Commisioners in July to prohibit alcohol sales within 300 feet of LCISD campuses, and the commissioners granted the request Monday. The decision won’t stop determined students from drinking, but it sent a message alcohol is a legitimate concern to the district.

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You say "The decision won’t stop determined students from drinking, but it sent a message alcohol is a legitimate concern to the district." In reality, it sent a message about the priorities of the school district. Instead of addressing legitimate issues with policies that work, they chase after legislation that wastes the county's time and does nothing to solve a problem that likely does not actually exist. How many students attend school intoxicated? This was, as Dr Bill.R.King pointed out, a simple way to gain some publicity giving the school district's administration a warm and fuzzy feeling inside.